Smokie: Greatest Hits
Chas de Whalley, Sounds, 7 May 1977
THE FIRST cut on this album is 'Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone', Smokie's latest chart single. Of course, you'd expect to find it on the Bradford band's Greatest Hits collection, but its appearance surprises me nonetheless.
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